Combined cigarette case and lighter



Feb. 2, 1937. J. PETERS COMBINED CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER Filed Aug. 27, 1935 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 2,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED CIGARETTE CASE AND LIGHTER Joseph Peters, St. Louis, Mo. Application August 27, 1935, Serial No. 38,103 1 Claim. (01. 22 06-41. 1)

This invention relates to a combined cigarette ers upon opposite sides of the partition and one case and lighter, and has for the primary object stack of cigarettes abuts the fuel tank 4, as the provision of a device of this character which shown in Figure 2 while the other stack of cigawill provide in one unit, storage for the entire rettes is in align with the passage 6 so that the number of cigarettes sold in a conventional type uppermost cigarette in the passage will be in of cigarette package and which will present cigproper position to be engaged by an ejecting arettes one at a time to an ejecting means wheremeans [5. The companion sections of the case by each cigarette may be projected partly from are notched so that when closed they present a the case to be placed in a persons mouth for cigarette discharge opening through which the lighting by the lighter, the latter being autouppermost cigarette may be ejected by the eject- 10 matically operated by the actuation of said ejecting means when actuated. When one stack of ing means. cigarettes in the rack has been exhausted, the

With these and other objects in view, this inrack is removed from the tongue l2 and reversed vention consists in certain novel features of conin the case so as to present the other stack of struction, combination and arrangement of parts cigarettes in align with the passage 6. Thus it 15 to be hereinafter more fully described and will be seen that the rack will permit the case claimed. to accommodate the entire number of cigarettes Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating now sold in a conventional type package. Fura combined cigarette case and lighter constructed ther, it is to be noted that the followers I4 are in accordance with my invention. pressed downardly in the rack when the ciga- 20 Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view illusrettes are stacked therein so that as a cigarette trating the same. is ejected or removed from the case the next ciga- Figure 3 isaperspective view illustrating a rack rette in the stack is presented in position for supporting cigarettes in the case. election.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view, The lighter mechanism 3 is of the type employ- 25 partly in section, showing the means of mounting ing a fuel wick l6 which becomes saturated with the rack in the case. fuel from the tank 4 and is lighted by the rota- Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showtion of a serrated wheel 11 engaging with carbon ing the ejecting means and a cigarette partly l8 carried by a carbon holder IS. A cover 20 ejected from the case ready to be placed in a percloses the lighter and the pivot of the cover is 30 sons mouth for lighting by the lighter. shown at 2|, which forms a journal for the ser- Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line rated wheel ll. A spring 22 acts to swing the 6-6 of Figure 1. cover into an open position and during this Referring in detail to the drawing, the numovement of the cover, rotation is imparted to meral I indicates a cigarette case composed of the serrated wheel by a dog or tongue 23 engag- 35 companion sections joined by a hinge 2. The ing with said wheel and carried by the cover. companion sections may be retained in case The cover is equipped with an apertured keeper formation by any suitable catch mechanism. 24 engaged by a spring pressed slidable rod 25 One of the sections has mounted therein a lighter forming a part of the ejecting means I5.

mechanism 3, including a fuel tank 4, one wall of The ejecting means includes a slidably mount- 40 which cooperates with an inclined wall 5 of the ed plate 26 carrying an offset finger 21 adapted other companion section in forming a passage 6. to engage behind the uppermost cigarette for A cigarette rack 1 is mounted in the case I for moving the latter outwardly of the case. A finger the purpose of feeding cigarettes to the passage piece 28 is secured to the plate 26 and projects 6. The rack 1 includes a partition 8, side walls through a slot in the case whereby said plate 45 9 and a bottom wall Ill. The partition 8 is may be manually moved against the action of a chambered and opened outwardly through the spring 29. The plate 26 is slidably mounted on bottom wall III, as shown at H, for the reception a rod 30 and said rod also forms a support for of atongue l2 carried by the hinge 2. The tongue the spring 29 with one end thereof bearing I2 releasably secures the rack 1.in the case. The against the plate 26. The plate 28 has a lim- 5 side walls 9 project beyond each side of the partiited sliding movement which is sufiicient to bring tion 8 and arefianged, as shown at l3. Springabout ejection of the uppermost cigarette, as pressed followers [4 operate between the side shown in Figure 5, so that said cigarette may be walls at opposite sides of the partition. Cigaplaced in the mouth. The movement of the rettes are arranged or stacked upon the followplate 26 to eject the cigarette as described, en- 55 gages a projection" on the rod 25 causing a sliding movement of the rod to disengage from the keeper '24 and thereby free the cover 20 of the lighter. The spring 22 then acts to swing the cover and thereby bring about lighting 01' the wick it. The person drawing upon the cigarette, as shown in Figure 5, may light said cigarette from the flame of the lighter.

Having described the invention, I claim:

In a cigarette case composed of companion sections and a hinge connecting said sections, a tongue connected to said case by the hinge, a rack including a partition and end members thereto, and said partition having a chamber to receive the tongue for releasably mounting the rack in the case, flanges formed on the end members, said partition, end members and flanges cooperating in forming spaces for the reception of cigarettes arranged in superimposed relation at opposite sides of the partition, and spring pressed followers acting on the cigarettes and located at opposite sides of the partition and guided by the end members and the flanges.

JOSEPH PETERS. 

